Dynamic, Articulate, Perceptive, Courageous, Outspoken

Track from Carter III? Dre on production?

Just when the hype on lil' wayne falls for a bit, we get this.. Crackling vinyl always does it for me.

MP3: Lil' Wayne - Outstanding

On a sidenote, how nice are these?

Courtesy of size?

Marinate on this

The "hook boys" of hiphop join forces on t-pain's follow up to "buy you a drank".

MP3: T-Pain - Bartender(Ft. Akon)

Driving Me Wild Video's

Studio Session - Common breaks it down..



Video...

A-Trak Remixes Stronger

Even club friendlier rework of arguably the most hyped track of the summer.

Described by pitchfork..

A-Trak's remix uses West mostly as a source of spoken-word hooks, looping his most memorable exhortations and chopping up Daft Punk's vocoded vocals while leaving most of the verses on the cutting-room floor. The result is part the talk-box electrofunk of A-Trak bro Chromeo, and another part the room-shaking filter-disco of Justice, without any awkward references to "blond dyke[s]". In West's words, "Me likey." A lot.

MP3: Kanye West - Stronger (A-Trak Remix)
(Mirror)

Get more on it here
Watch out for A-Trak album coming soon, or the digitalism remix he recently did which is floating around right about now.

Who we owe it to...

My big brother, was Big's Brother,
Used to be Dame and Bigs brother,
Who was Hip-Hop brother, who was no-id friend,
No Id my mentor, now let the story begin..

MP3: No I.d. - Nobody
(Taken from 1996's Invisible Beats 12")

Its easy to forget who gave kanye his first big break..as the song goes, the one we really got to thank us producer NO I.D.

Dizzee Rascal Minimix on AnnieMac's

Just tell me that the kick on nirvana wouldn't destroy any party.

I Luv U (radio) – Dizzee Rascal
Don’t Hold Back The Rain (radio) – H-Town
Oi (dirty) – More Fire Crew
Temptation Greets You Like Your Naughty Friend – Arctic Monkeys (ft Dizzee)
Know We (clean) – Wiley (ft Major Ace, Maxwell D)
Pony (radio) – Ginuwine
Big Pimpin’ (radio) – Jay-Z (feat UGK)
Pepper Final
Pourin Up (radio) – Pimp C (ft Mike Jones & Bun B)
Out of Space (clean) – The Prodigy
Is That Yo B*tch (radio) – Jay-Z (feat Twista & Missy)
Walk It Out (radio) – DJ UNK
Old Skool (radio) – Dizzee Rascal
Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
Smooth Criminal – Michael Jackson
Draped Up (radio) – Bun B (ft Lil Keke)
Fix Up Look Sharp (radio) – Dizzee Rascal
Murder She Wrote – Chaka Demus & Pliers
Sirens (radio) – Dizzee Rascal
Nuthin’ But A G Thang (radio) – Dr Dre (ft Snoop Dogg)
Thug Passion (radio) – Tupac
Ho (Dirty) – Ludacris
Everyone Falls In Love – Tanto Metro & Devonte
Suk My D*** (dirty) – Dizzee Rascal

MP3: Dizzee Rascal - Minimix (Annie Macs)

Common Studio Session Part. 1

Beef Squashed?

Click to zoom in.

For those of you short of sight, from left to right, (on the same stage).. diddy, T.I, Kanye, JayZ and 50, throwing a roc sign..! Wish it was always like this, how hiphop should be. Hopefully they all come together and dick on camron.

Ta'Raach & The Lovelution

Admittedly don't know too much about Ta'raach except that he's from dilla's school of production. And it shows, let it speak for itself.

MP3: Ta'raach & the Lovelution - Montparnesse
MP3: Ta'raach & the Lovelution - Catch My Breath (World)

Westbeech goes Swing

From Brownswood site,

To celebrate our first birthday, we will be re-releasing Ben Westbeech's summer anthem, 'So Good Today', backed up by two new remixes on 7" vinyl; an infectiously upbeat reworking of the track by the Dap-Kings, and an acoustic version too!

Dapkings version is truly magic, get it on plastic or digital at Juno.

Appletree Records Making Moves

Video: Ntjamrosie - Patience

For those that misssed her the first time... Wake up.
MP3: Ntjamrosie - Patience

strength to strength... Follow the progress here, until i get my act together...

Special news on the way..!

Kanye Exclusives on Westwood

In the UK at the moment..

Mini interview with 2 new track snippets...

Sept 11th - Graduation > Curtis

Part Time Lover

Above, Follow My Lead video... Quite like it in that bubblegum way.

Comedy value of this almost comes close to cam'Rons Curtis track from a while back. Wayne diss.
Off g-unit radio 25.. coming soon. Can't believe they still putting them out

Read up on 50's new feuds here, he cracking?

MP3: 50 Cent - Part Time Lover

downtempo brilliance

i'm a bit under the weather at the moment so i apologise for the sporadic posts.. hopefully soon back to normal. Theres always music however, and recently, none greater than this.. finally making me smile by bursting on to juno the other day. Ft. vocals from Mozez and Kathrin Deboer - the dancing girl EP is sure to throw this talented producer/dj/musician from the unknown into the light. . Signed to BBE, he probably couldn't be in a better place for it. Check his myspace for details on whats next, or what u may have missed. And news on what is sure to be a very exciting debut album..

Time for Greatest Hits

Nas is gearing up for the release of his greatest hits album on Columbia Records. 12 of his best , along with 2 new tracks - one of which is this, teaming up with Cee-Lo for the new Rush Hour soundtrack.

MP3: Nas - Less Than An Hour (Ft. Cee-Lo)

So Amazing

I knew there was a reason i sat through the Hurricane Chris', Unks and MIMS of this world. Served up by Premo. Mmmmmm.

MP3: Termanology - So Amazing (Ft. Dj Premier)

Neighbours won't like it

"Fidget House" as it has been trendily dubbed by its listeners. Sinden and Count of Monte Cristal (A.ka. Herve (among others)) are seen as the pioneers of the sound, in both production and remixing - never hesitating to give a song their treatment. . recent examples include remixes of Pharoah Monch and Sinden's solo mix of Epicman and Plan B's "More Is Enough".
Mr Hudson and the Library now get the treatment on "Ask The Dj".. Foot Stompingly brilliant or maybe it's just that I never really got over the passing of 2step garage.

MP3: Mr Hudson & The Library - Ask The Dj (Sinden & Count of Monte Cristal Remix)

Guessing this will be on the bside to the single, released on Mercury recently, or sometime soon.

Coming up..

Remixes of Aquasky, To My Boy and Riot In Belgium.

If you like it. Worth checking out SpeakerJunk (alias of Herve)...

Go Shopping Here.

Proposed Graduation Cover..

Even older news than when Jesus Piece shared it, but I had to do my bit. There. tracklisting and more on Jesus Piece.. or track by track review here.. in case you missed it. 31 days.

Wake Up In Tokyo

Lupe's next album 'The Cool' is coming on October 31st. Here's one of the new tracks..

MP3: Lupe Fiasco - Wake Up In Tokyo

Further to the post on CRS.. rumours are that they will actually be producing material in the near future.

I've been away for a while, so i'm a bit behind with the releases. Don't forget to add any you can't wait for here.